The Department of Urban and Regional Planning's Graduate Programs Guide is your ticket to everything DURP. Familiarizing yourself with the degree requirements will assist you in becoming part of the family of over 1,200 students that have graduated from the Department. Our MSP and PhD alumni are employed in at least 40 states and 23 foreign nations as professional staff in private consulting firms; for major developers; in law firms, universities, research organizations, business and industry and in local, state, regional, and national offices.